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Cycling at the 2024 Paris Olympics: All the crucial dates and times for watching the cycling action during the Games

From the velodrome to the road and beyond, there's more than enough cycling action to keep you entertained

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Tour de France pro slams “heavier” Look bike for poor performance, but Cofidis team unimpressed and point out same “cutting-edge equipment” has been ridden to numerous big Grand Tour wins

Guillaume Martin revealed he went without a power meter and head unit during the Tour as his "7.7kg" bike was already "one kilo more than the UCI's permitted weight" and he did "not want to make it even heavier"

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Mark Cavendish bows out at Tour de France, admits it was “likely” his last race

"I've been very, very lucky to have the career I've had. To work with the people I have, to meet the people I have and to be able to live a dream like everybody's dream."

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“I didn’t hear them say that last year”: Patrick Lefevere calls Visma-Lease a Bike “sore loser” after sports director says Tadej Pogačar “doesn’t leave much for others” and questions if Tour de France domination helps his “popularity”

Tadej Pogačar has won more than a quarter of Grand Tour stages so far this year, sports director Merijn Zeeman (whose team won all three Grand Tours in 2023) stating: "It's his choice, of course, but I don't know if that contributes to his popularity"

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“With the bottle like this, it’s not correct”: Giulio Ciccone hits out at Santiago Buitrago for ‘sticky bottle’ at Tour de France

The two riders from Lidl-Trek and Bahrain Victorious are embroiled in a battle for the 10th position at the Tour de France with only 10 seconds separating them

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What is carbon monoxide rebreathing and why is the entire Tour de France talking about it? Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard insist it’s “nothing suspicious” and “just a simple test”, but others are less convinced

UAE Team Emirates, Visma-Lease a Bike and Israel–Premier Tech all admitted using the controversial test during altitude camps, raising health and ethical questions — but is it safe and are the concerns justified?

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Tour de France reintroduces mask mandate as Carlos Rodriguez describes Covid as “invisible rival” after teammates Tom Pidcock and Geraint Thomas test positive

Race organisers, media and guests will have to wear masks, however riders and team staff will be exempt, after Tom Pidcock became the third rider to withdraw from the race due to Covid, however Geraint Thomas, who also tested positive, is still racing

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Drunk Tour de France spectator who threw bag of crisps at Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard arrested for aggravated assault, with riders’ union set to take legal action “with pleasure”

The spectator had allegedly spent the afternoon drinking alcohol and was immediately taken away by the French police, as CPA President Adam Hansen called the incident “disrespectful”

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TotalEnergies bikes stolen overnight at the Tour de France

The French team had 11 Enve bikes and tools taken, police arriving at the hotel this morning following the break-in

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Cyclist undergoes surgery to reattach arm after gruesome criterium crash when limb caught barrier

Spectators rushed to treat the rider and used a belt as a makeshift tourniquet, the shocking incident at a US crit race reportedly almost severing the rider's arm near his shoulder

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“Tell me that didn’t just happen”: Aleksandr Vlasov abandons Tour de France with broken ankle, after Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe slammed for allowing dazed rider to immediately continue racing after heavy crash – but team boss says head injury was “minor”

“His head, where he was bleeding, and his elbow, I think these are minor things,” Ralph Denk said – though Geraint Thomas has claimed that Vlasov was vomiting during the stage following his “heavy” crash

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“Back with the boys!” Sir Bradley Wiggins joins Lance Armstrong’s podcast during Tour de France

The 2012 Tour winner will be appearing alongside the disgraced Texan and former teammate George Hincapie on the podcast as a special guest over the next week

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“It’s an unnecessary risk”: Jonas Vingegaard joins Patrick Lefevere in criticising gravel and cobbled stages in Tour de France… but fans (and Pogačar) think otherwise

The two-time Tour winner said he won’t have any gravel or cobbles if he were to design a Grand Tour, while Lefevere dismissed the stage 9 contested on white gravel — and widely enjoyed by fans — as “nonsense”

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Condolence ride to honour André Drege set to replace final stage of Tour of Austria, after Norwegian pro cyclist’s death

Other riders described the news as “devastating”, after the 25-year-old Drege crashed while on a high-speed descent on the penultimate stage of Tour of Austria

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“An awful day for cycling”: Norwegian pro cyclist André Drege dies after crash on descent at Tour of Austria

The 25-year-old, who was reportedly set to join WorldTour team Jayco-AlUla in 2025, was in the breakaway at the time of his fatal crash on a high-speed descent

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“UCI doing UCI things”: Disbelief as Tour de France pro fined for “inappropriate behaviour” after stopping to kiss wife during time trial

Julien Bernard was accused of "damaging the image of the sport" by the UCI, the Frenchman saying he would be "willing to pay 200 Swiss francs every day" to "experience this moment again"

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Got the nose (and wallet) to sniff out a Tour de France stage win? Dylan Groenewegen’s bizarre Scicon Batman aero ‘beak’ finally available to buy… for just £300 – but why was it banned in the first place?

The Jayco AlUla rider was sporting the ‘flexible and adjustable’ nose cover as he outsprinted the field in Dijon, three days after being told to remove it by the UCI

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“A TV camera is there to capture images and not to influence the race”: Mark Cavendish blasts Tour de France motorbike rider for putting him “out the back” after mechanical, as record-breaking sprinter fined for drafting behind team car

Cavendish’s run-in with the TV moto, and subsequent UCI penalty, came a day after his Astana teammate Davide Ballerini was fined for stopping to watch the Manx Missile’s 35th stage win on a big screen

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“We don’t need a stage ruined because of a basic photo taken on a phone”: Tour de France fan almost brings down Jonas Vingegaard while stepping into road to take photo of speeding peloton

This latest near miss, which saw Visma-Lease a Bike’s riders forced to duck under the spectator’s arm, came just days after the Tour urged fans to “please respect the riders” and “stay away from the road”

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Mark Cavendish makes history with record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win

“The Tour de France is bigger than cycling”: The 39-year-old former world champion rolled back the years with a stunning sprint in Saint Vulbas to move ahead of Eddy Merckx as the most successful stage winner in the Tour’s history

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Cycling’s latest tech innovation? Super glue, apparently: Biniam Girmay’s Intermarché-Wanty team using glue to get around UCI rule on helmet covers at Tour de France

The Belgian squad’s new Uvex helmet features a detachable cover as part of its two-in-one aero and ventilation design – which has been outlawed by the UCI since 2012

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More pictures emerge of new Van Rysel aero bike with mysterious new front tyre

New Van Rysel aero bike is raced for the first time at the Tour de France plus some new rubber that we now know is the Continental Aero 111, touted as the 'world’s first aerodynamic tyre'

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A bridge too far? Scicon prices bizarre aero ‘beak’ at €350, as Dylan Groenewegen reveals UCI ordered him to remove nose cover during Tour de France stage

"I need to put if off, from the UCI... that was a big surprise! I think they saw me not pedalling and said, 'this is not fair, we need to stop these fast sunglasses'," the Team Jayco AlUla sprinter joked after stage three

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“That could have been an absolute disaster”: Tour de France cyclist hit by fan filming race on mobile phone

The incident involving an EF Education-EasyPost rider on stage two prompted the race's social media account to urge spectators to "please respect the riders" and "stay away from the road"

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300 watts for six hours? How to pull off a memorable Tour de France win — Romain Bardet and Frank van den Broek upload stage one heroics to Strava

Now that's a ride worthy of some kudos...

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Mark Cavendish in trouble on first stage of Tour de France, as British rider dropped early and vomiting on bike

The Astana sprinter was distanced on the first climb of the day and appeared to be suffering in the Italian heat, but crucially made the time cut – as Romain Bardet pulled off a sensational breakaway win to nab the first yellow jersey of the race

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Patrick Lefevere furious with “unacceptable” Tour de France crash caused by “stupid” barrier-jumping fan that saw Soudal Quick-Step pro break three teeth before race had even begun

The team boss revealed his rider completed the opening stage "on water bottles" and could not even eat gels due to his injuries

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Spotted: Decathlon AG2R sprinters riding new Van Rysel aero bike at the Tour de France

'Pure' aero bikes are few and far between these days. Are we about to see a new one launch?

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“It will destroy our sport”: UCI set to pay whistleblowers for “credible” motor doping information ahead of Tour de France

“If we need to catch one of the top riders in the world, I am not afraid of that,” says UCI president David Lappartient, as governing body vows to take suspicions about mechanical fraud and “superhuman” performances “seriously”

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UCI looking into Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France ‘Control Room’ after team unveils “high-tech van” for tactical analysis and real-time decisions

Will Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard be helped to victory by staff in a state-of-the-art mobile van?

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